Non-destructive entry first, always - and we re-key Schlage, Kwikset, and Baldwin locks on the spot while you watch
You get a price before we start. It does not change when we arrive. No surprises.
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AfterFast, Reliable Rekey Locks Across Strawberry
Rekeying a lock in Strawberry typically costs $75 – $145 for a standard single-cylinder deadbolt, and most jobs take under an hour once the tech arrives. If you’ve just bought a home, ended a tenancy, or lost track of who holds keys to your place off Tiburon Boulevard, the fix is not a full lock replacement. It’s a rekey: we swap the internal pins inside your existing lock cylinder so every old key stops working, and you get fresh keys. Call (956) 275-7388 for a written price before we dispatch anyone to Strawberry.
Strawberry is a small unincorporated community on the Mill Valley/Tiburon peninsula side of Marin, and a large share of the housing here is older rental and second-home property along the Tiburon Boulevard corridor. That means rekey requests cluster around change-of-tenancy and inherited-key situations, not new-construction hardware swaps. A property manager hands a tenant the same worn brass key that three prior renters used, and nobody can say how many copies exist. We fix that in one visit.
Why Ridley Locksmith & Security Is Strawberry’s Preferred Rekey Locks Company
Our crews serve Strawberry locally, with dispatch and scheduling coordinated from the brand’s San Francisco Bay Area office. A live person answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That matters when a tenant moves out on a Tuesday night and you need the locks rekeyed before the new tenant arrives Wednesday morning.
Ridley Locksmith & Security is part of the Garrison Partners family, operating to The Garrison Standard since 2007. Every technician we send into Strawberry is background-checked, uniformed, and arrives in a company vehicle, not an unmarked van. That’s not a claim we make. It’s a written code every tech carries. When we pull up to a property along Tiburon Boulevard or near the Strawberry Recreation District fields, you know exactly who’s walking to your door.
Drew Kowalski leads our operation, and he holds every tech and every job to The Garrison Code. The code includes one thing most locksmith pages dance around: the price we quote on the phone is the price on the invoice. Full stop.
Rekey Service in Strawberry
Rekey Service in Strawberry means changing the internal pins and tumblers inside your existing lock cylinder so that all previously issued keys are rendered useless. We don’t replace the hardware unless it’s actually failing. Most Strawberry homes have Schlage or Kwikset deadbolts, and a standard single-cylinder rekey runs $75 – $145 per lock in this market. If you have a mortise lock on an older rental door, expect that to land on the higher end.
When You Need It
You closed on a Strawberry condo and the seller’s realtor handed over a key ring with four copies. You have no idea who else has one. That’s a rekey, same day. You ended a month-to-month rental and the tenant returned two of three keys. Rekey. A vacation home that sat empty for six months with a property manager cycling through contractors. Rekey before you sleep there.
What It Costs
Labor for the first lock is usually $65 – $95, and each additional lock with the same keyway adds $20 – $45. If you want all exterior doors keyed alike to a single new key, we do that in the same visit and the per-lock cost drops. We give you the full written price on the phone before a truck rolls to Strawberry.
Keyed Alike in Strawberry
Keyed Alike in Strawberry means having every exterior lock on your property matched to one key. If your front deadbolt, back door knob, and side gate each take a different key right now, we can re-pin all of them so a single key opens everything. For a typical Strawberry home with three locks on two brands, that runs $110 – $190 total depending on hardware condition.
Why Strawberry Rentals Need This
Turnover on rental units along Tiburon Boulevard and up toward the Strawberry Point school zone is constant. New tenants do not want a key ring with five keys on it. Property managers don’t want to track which key opens which latch. Keyed alike solves both, and the written invoice documents exactly which cylinders were re-pinned and how many working keys were cut.
Older Hardware, Same Job
Some Strawberry properties still have original Baldwin hardware from the 1980s that’s perfectly functional. We re-key those cylinders in place. No new holes, no door re-alignment. We’ll tell you plainly if the cylinder is too worn to rekey cleanly, and we’ll show you the price for a replacement before any work starts.
Trusted Brands We Service in Strawberry
We re-key Kwikset, Schlage, Yale, and Baldwin hardware every week in Strawberry. For higher-security locks, our techs are certified on Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, Abloy, and Sargent cylinders. We stock common pins, springs, and cylinders for these brands on the truck, so a standard Rekey Locks job does not require a second visit for parts. If your Strawberry property has a Medeco high-security cylinder, word to the wise: those should never be re-keyed by a generalist. Keep that one on our schedule.
Common Rekey Locks Problems We See in Strawberry Homes
- Dispatch bait-and-switch pricing. A phone quote that only covers a single-cylinder rekey, then the tech arrives and says the deadbolt, mortise lock, and slider are “extra.” In Strawberry’s older housing stock, multiple lock types on one door are standard. We price per lock and itemize each one before dispatch.
- Unverified identity at the door. Handing keys to someone who can’t produce a business license, insurance, and a matched company vehicle. In a small peninsula community where the same rental properties change hands often, a stranger with a drill bit showing up in a sedan is a red flag. Our techs are uniformed, background-checked, and drive marked vehicles.
- Full hardware replacement when a rekey would have done it. Older Strawberry rentals often have perfectly serviceable lock cylinders. A swap to new hardware that doesn’t match the door prep leaves the door out of alignment and costs triple. We re-key what’s on the door unless the cylinder is genuinely worn out.
- Copies floating around from the previous tenancy. The most common call we get off Tiburon Boulevard. A property manager handed the incoming tenant a single worn brass key and nobody knows how many copies exist. A rekey kills every one of those copies the moment we swap the pins.
Pricing for Rekey Locks in Strawberry, CA
A standard single-cylinder deadbolt rekey in Strawberry runs $75 – $145. A knob or lever lock runs $65 – $110. Keying multiple locks alike across one property lands between $110 and $190 for three locks on average. If you have high-security hardware like Medeco or Abloy, those cylinders require specialized pins and run $35 – $75 per lock on top of standard labor. Every Strawberry customer gets a written price before dispatch, and that written price is the invoice. There is no call-out surcharge added on arrival. Call (956) 275-7388 for a free estimate on your specific locks.
We Also Serve Cities Near Strawberry
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and the surrounding communities, including Pollock Pines, South Lake Tahoe, Diamond Springs, and Placerville. Same rekey service, same written price before dispatch, same live person on the phone 24/7.
Serving Strawberry, CA - Our Local Coverage Area
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FAQs About Rekey Locks in Strawberry
Yes. We give you the full written price on the phone before any tech is dispatched, and that price is the invoice. No add-on labor, no dispatch fee that appears at the door. If the tech finds a second lock that wasn’t discussed, they’ll show you written pricing for it before touching anything. Call (956) 275-7388 for the exact figure.
Yes, and this is the single most common job we do in Strawberry. We pull the existing cylinders, swap the internal pins, and cut new keys on the spot. Every key the previous tenant ever copied stops working the moment the new pins go in. It’s done in under an hour for most standard locks.
For a standard front deadbolt and knob set, figure 30 – 45 minutes once the tech is at the door. Three to four locks keyed alike might run 60 – 90 minutes. Older hardware with worn cylinders can add time, and we’ll tell you that up front when you describe what’s on the door.
Our techs wear company uniforms, drive marked vehicles, and carry identification that matches the name on the dispatch confirmation you get. They also arrive with a written work order showing the price you approved on the phone. If someone shows up in an unmarked car without a company ID, that’s not us.
Yes, and in most Strawberry homes that’s exactly what we do. If the cylinder is still serviceable, a rekey is faster, cheaper, and keeps your door’s existing fit and finish intact. We’ll only recommend replacement if the cylinder is genuinely worn or the lock is failing. You’ll see the price difference in writing before you decide.
Call Ridley Locksmith & Security for Rekey Locks in Strawberry
If you need a rekey in Strawberry, call (956) 275-7388 now. You’ll get a live person, a written price for your specific locks, and a dispatch window that holds. If the work isn’t right within one full year, our 365-Day Done Right Promise means we come back and make it right at no charge. That’s The Garrison Standard, and it’s how we do every job in Strawberry.
Written by Drew Kowalski, Owner at Ridley Locksmith & Security, serving Strawberry and the surrounding communities.